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Marcus Pabian, Melbourne On September 22, the Socialist Alliance held an election launch at the Trades Hall for its nine Victorian federal election candidates. "Is Australia a free democracy? Not while Craig Johnston remains a political

MELBOURNE — On April 6, 85 people attended a forum at Melbourne University organised by Students Against War and Racism on the topic of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in Australia and the United States. Hala Abdelmonour, founder of the

Iggy Kim, Sydney On June 10, more than 100 delegates to the NSW Trades and Labor Council unanimously passed a motion of support for the June 30 "Bring the troops home now" protest in Sydney, organised by the Stop the War Coalition. The motion was

SYDNEY — Three-hundred people, mostly of Sudanese background, marched on September 5, singing and chanting Peace, peace in Sudan" and "Down, down Janjaweed!" Hugh Rimington from Channel 9's Nightline called for governments to act through the

PERTH — One hundred and fifty people joined a 'You're sacked!' demonstration outside the Australian Industrial Relations Commission office on March 27 to protest against the enactment that day of the federal Work Choices legislation. The action

World leader "Mental illnesses including anxiety disorders and depression are common and undertreated in many countries, both developed and developing, with the highest rate found in the United States." — June 2 Associated Press report on the

Chris Slee, Melbourne Donna Mulhearn, an Australian volunteer aid worker who has lived and worked in Baghdad for six months, and who visited Fallujah while the city was under attack by US forces, spoke to 50 people at a public meeting organised by

Karen Fletcher, Melbourne A rally and march against racism on Sydney Road in Melbourne's City of Moreland attracted more than 120 people on April 1. Chanting "Migrants are welcome, racists are not", the marchers drew smiles and waves from shoppers

#3 Workers injured in BHP explosion. PERTH - Three workers are fighting for life in the Royal Perth Hospital after suffering horrific burns in a gas explosion at BHP Billiton's Boodarie hot briquette iron plant at Port Hedland on May 19. While a

Dave Andrews, Fremantle Power maintenance workers based in Collie, near Bunbury in Western Australia's south-west, are continuing their strike for better working conditions. The strike by 110 workers, now entering its eighth week, has provoked a

SYDNEY — The new Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine will be launched on April 2 at the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) offices in Lidcombe, Palestinian activist and CJPP convener Jamal Daoud told Green Left Weekly

Doesn't keep count of cannon fodder "It's approximately 500, of which — I can get the exact numbers — approximately 350 are combat deaths." — US deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz, April 29, responded at a US House of Representatives